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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

WEDNESDAY 34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

NOVEMBER 28, 2007WEDNESDAY 34TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR I

DANIEL 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords,with whom he drank. Under the influence of the wine, he ordered thegold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had takenfrom the temple in Jerusalem, to be brought in so that the king, hislords, his wives and his entertainers might drink from them. When thegold and silver vessels taken from the house of God in Jerusalem hadbeen brought in, and while the king, his lords, his wives and hisentertainers were drinking wine from them, they praised their gods ofgold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. Suddenly, oppositethe lampstand, the fingers of a human hand appeared, writing on theplaster of the wall in the king's palace. When the king saw the wristand hand that wrote, his face blanched; his thoughts terrified him,his hip joints shook, and his knees knocked. Then Daniel was broughtinto the presence of the king. The king asked him, "Are you theDaniel, the Jewish exile, whom my father, the king, brought fromJudah? I have heard that the Spirit of God is in you, that youpossess brilliant knowledge and extraordinary wisdom. I have heardthat you can interpret dreams and solve difficulties; if you are ableto read the writing and tell me what it means, you shall be clothedin purple, wear a gold collar about your neck, and be third in thegovernment of the kingdom." Daniel answered the king: "You may keepyour gifts, or give your presents to someone else; but the writing Iwill read for you, O king, and tell you what it means. You haverebelled against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels of histemple brought before you, so that you and your nobles, your wivesand your entertainers, might drink wine from them; and you praisedthe gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, thatneither see nor hear nor have intelligence. But the God in whose handis your life breath and the whole course of your life, you did notglorify. By him were the wrist and hand sent, and the writing setdown. "This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, TEKEL, andPERES. These words mean: MENE, God has numbered your kingdom and putan end to it; TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and foundwanting; PERES, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medesand Persians."

LUKE 21:12-19Jesus said to the crowd: "They will seize and persecute you, theywill hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they willhave you led before kings and governors because of my name. It willlead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare yourdefense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speakingthat all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. Youwill even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, andfriends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated byall because of my name, but not a hair on your head will bedestroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives."

REFLECTIONFrom today's Gospel we learn certain basic things about Jesus andabout Christian life. Jesus could read the signs of history. Othersmight be blind to the approaching disaster but Jesus saw the trialsand difficulties about to descend. It is only when a person seesthings through the eyes of God that he sees them clearly. Jesus wascompletely honest with his followers. "This" he said to hisdisciples, "is what you must expect if you choose to follow me."

Jesus promised that his disciples would never meet their trials anddifficulties alone. This is evident in history, when greatChristians wrote of their experiences while being tortured orawaiting their fate. The person who walks with Christ may lose theirlife, but he can never lose his soul. If we stand firm in the trialsof life, if we continue building up this world in love, peace andjustice, there is nothing to fear and God will have the final say.We are accountable for how we live our lives. Each day we write thepages of our book of life, but the Lord is on the side of those wholove him.

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